Francis P. Troxill,
J.Q.A. Ward,
A.J. Morgan,
M.V.B. Young,
H.L. Vance,
A.M. Carver,
W.H. Wheeler,
J.M. Dugan,
Luke Mulrean,
H.H. Young,
W.G. Allen,
Barrett Smith,
Thos. C. Schenck.

Of the above long list of territorial printers the following are the
only known survivors: H.O. Bassford, George W. Benedict, David Brock,
John C. Devereux, Barrett Smith, J.B.H. Mitchell, David Ramaley, M.R.
Prendergast, Jacob T. McCoy, A.S. Diamond, R.V. Hesselgrave, H.P.
Coates, J.R. Chaney, M.J. Clum.


CAPT. E.Y. SHELLY.

Much has been written of the trials and tribulations of the pioneer
editors of Minnesota and what they have accomplished in bringing to
the attention of the outside world the numerous advantages possessed
by this state as a place of permanent location for all classes of
people, but seldom, if ever, has the nomadic printer, "the man behind
the gun," received even partial recognition from the chroniclers of
our early history. In the spring of 1849 James M. Goodhue arrived in